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HOUSER BY HOUSER v. DAN DUGAN TRANSPORT CO.

No. C7-83-1578.

361 N.W.2d 62 (1985)

Russell Maurice HOUSER, deceased employee, by Glennice HOUSER, Respondent, v. DAN DUGAN TRANSPORT COMPANY, et al., Relators.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

January 25, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald M. Linnihan, St. Paul, for relators.

Keith L. Miller, Moorhead, for respondent.

Heard, considered and decided by the court en banc.

KELLEY, Justice.

The issue in this workers' compensation case is whether a grandchild of a decedent killed in an accident which occurred while he was in the scope of his employment was a "child" within the meaning of Minn.Stat. § 176.011, subd. 2 (1982) and, therefore, entitled to dependency benefits. The compensation judge held that the granddaughter was not a "child" and denied dependency benefits. The Workers' Compensation Court of Appeals reversed that decision...

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